I am 90% sure it was 33 1/3, Joe. And I do remember that advice to tape the disc to a "real" record if the rumbling (from the uneveness of the felt / rubber turntable) or slippage was an issue.
And, Joe, don't worry about separating the record out. The National Geographic has thoughtfully put the audio online here, running 5 minutes and 17 seconds in duration. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1969/12/moon-landing/moon-audio-interactive RC On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich, > > Thanks for the memory jog. The recording you remember is bound into the > December 1969 issue of National Geographic. I have a copy of that issue and > other issues which had Apollo and Surveyor articles. The record is bound > between pages 750 and 751. Unfortunately, I no longer have anything that > will play it. It looks like a groove width typical of 33 1/3 LP records but > there is no indication on the label of the speed. I would not want to pull > the record out anyway as that would destroy the collector's value if any. > > The instructions in the article tell one how to pull away the record. It > then goes on to say, "If the record slips or makes a rumbling sound,tape it > to another record." Brilliant!! > > I bet this is also the first truly floppy disk, long before the computer > memory device. _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
